While the move is obviously good news for would-be Xperia owners, it’s also bad news for Google, which still hasn’t gotten around to creating a similar service for Android, even though there are lots of people hankering for such a thing.

It’s not all bad for Google, however. The company does currently offer a service called My Devices, which does everything you’d expect from a smartphone recovery service. The problem? The service is only available for Google Apps business and education customers, which means everyone else is still out of luck. Let’s hope Google fills in the gap sooner rather than later.